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Leng Yan was startled. With her back facing Xia Yu, she instantly turned around with a cold expression. Her abnormal expression just now had been replaced with a noble and indifferent one.

She raised her head and replied politely, "So it's an emissary from the heavens. Tomorrow is the general assembly's opening. Why is the Xiahou Clan wandering into the inner garden?"

So this was the inner garden of the ice palace. Because it was in a remote place, very few people came. As a result, Xia Yu didn't meet anyone along the way.

Xia Yu was embarrassed for a moment before raising her eyes to look at Leng Yan.

If not for the fact that Xia Yu had peeked at her crying face, she wouldn't have believed that a woman as cold as ice and as holy as a god would have a moment of sorrow.

"Actually, I've been here for a long time." Xia Yu hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to be frank, "When Your Majesty was walking over, I saw Your Majesty. I didn't mean to... "But …" Xia Yu endured it, finally mustering up her courage and said: "But, if Your Majesty has any worries, maybe I can help you, not in the name of the Emperor, but... in the name of a man. "

Leng Yan was drowsy for a moment before smiling.

Xia Yu still didn't see her cold smile. When she smiled, she was like a blooming flower.

Behind her was a blue sky, a green grass, and a quiet lake. Originally, it was the same color, but because of her laughter, it instantly turned completely gray.

There was only that smile in the world.

Xia Yu's mind went blank and her face turned red.

"How old is the Little Marquis Lord this year?" Leng Yan asked politely.

"Seventeen." Xia Yu answered in a daze, "By the end of the year, I will have turned eighteen."

"Seventeen years old …" Leng Yan pondered for a moment, then lowered her head and smiled, "When I was seventeen, I had just ascended the throne for a year."

When they met Helan Xue, she was still a sixteen year old young girl.

By the time she turned seventeen, she had already become the laughing stock of the entire world, and the strongest queen in the history of Ice Country.

Xia Yu's face turned red again.

"You're younger than me by seven years, how can you help me in the name of a man?" Leng Yan said with a smile, "Although I don't really understand why He Lan Chun would send you here, you are still a child."

"How can she be a child? In our Sky Dynasty, seventeen years old is already enough for a marriage." Xia Yu hurriedly retorted, "At home, there were also many matchmaking ladies who came to visit. It's just that my father said that I haven't done much and that I'm not suitable for getting married too early. Besides, I don't like those girls either, so I was delayed."

Leng Yan looked at him with interest. She suddenly had the urge to tease him. "Then which girl do you like?"

"I like it …" Xia Yu was startled and then shut her mouth.

In the past, the first love he had was precisely what Liu Xi had pointed out: He Lan Lu.

He Lanyou's beauty was splendid. She was four years older than him, and every time she went to the Xiahou Residence, Xia Yu would see He Lanyou surrounded by a crowd of people, laughing in the crowd.

Sometimes, Heran would tease him and scratch his nose, just like she did now, asking him which girl he liked.

At that time, Xia Yu was also in a daze, and the only thing she could smell was the fragrance of He Lan's body.

However, He Lanlian had been very close to Pei Ruochen, and they had already decided to marry each other.

Xia Yu was not jealous at all. She only felt that Pei Ruochen was a good person and that he was the only one in the court that was worthy of her, Sister Lu.

After He Lan's wedding, Xia Yu's love also gradually faded. Gradually, it became a childhood memory, like the clouds in the sky.

— Until the moment he saw the coldness.

Flashstone.

"I like His Majesty." After hesitating for a long time, Xia Yu earnestly said one word at a time.

Her cold expression paused for a moment, and her smile remained the same, "Really? "Then you have to win this competition."

He spoke so casually that it was almost perfunctory.

Xia Yu felt a bit wronged that her confession was so insignificant, but he still said, "Those participating in the competition may not like Your Majesty, nor are they sincere to Your Majesty. Even the victor may not be able to match Your Majesty's heart. Xia Yu doesn't understand. Why would His Majesty use such a way to decide on his marriage? "

Only then did Leng Yan give him a serious look, looking at his face that was somewhere between a man and a boy: that delicate and elegant face of Prince Sun Zongzi. He was still childish, stubborn, willful, and ignorant. The child's face.

"My husband might not be someone I like, but he's definitely someone my country loves." She indifferently replied, "So, he must be a peerless talent, and he must be someone that I wholeheartedly accept. And because of this, he must win this competition."

Xia Yu did not immediately respond. After a moment of silence, she took a step back and bowed deeply.

"I'll do my best." After he finished speaking, he stood up and turned around to leave.

Leng Yan looked at his performance with a bit of surprise. Her eyes flashed, but she did not say anything.

After Xia Yu had left, Leng Yanfang turned around to look back at the sparkling lake surface.

"Why are you here?" Suddenly, a clear male voice came from behind him. Following which, a tall figure appeared along the railing and projected itself onto the surface of the lake.

"Aren't you going to play with your lover?" Leng Yan did not turn her head, but asked indifferently.

The man touched his head and said embarrassedly, "So you know all about it."

"The trap in my bedroom was designed by you. If you're willing to bring her out, it would be as easy as flipping your hand. I won't say it, but I don't want to pursue it." Her cool elbows pressed against the railing, she leant over him and asked: "Why do you all like your sweethearts?"

"I heard from the palace maid that you were very unhappy just now. What happened? " Liu Suifeng smiled blushing and quickly changed the topic, asking with concern.

"What can happen between me and He Lan Xue?" Leng Yan sneered, "In his eyes, there has never been anyone else."

When they first met, She Lan Xue only thought about Rong Xiu.

The second time they met, he was only concerned with his lover.

When was she ever here?

Liu Zifeng scratched his head and laughed foolishly again, "Since that's the case, why should Your Majesty insist? It would be better to just let him go. "

"Are you pleading for him?" Coldly understanding, she smiled: "I didn't force him, I only gave him a chance to live."

"What do you mean?"

"According to Ice Country's ancient teachings, apart from the Royal Family, no one else is allowed to use the Star Sea Stone. If he wants to live, he can only become a member of the Ice King's Clan." Leng Yan lightly said, "He is such a proud person. If he were to use this as a threat, he would not compromise. For now, this is the only way. "

"Has His Majesty already let it go?" Liu Zufeng asked as he stared into her eyes.

Leng Yan calmly looked back at him and spoke with a slight smile, "No."

"If that's the case, it's actually His Majesty's own selfish intention." Liu Suifeng very impolitely made his way through.

"Of course it's selfish." She gave a cool and elegant smile and said in a deep voice, "Since eight years ago, He Lan Xue can only be mine. Even if she dies, she can't do anything to him."

Liu Zifeng was startled and then broke out into laughter. He walked over and patted Leng Yan's shoulder, saying casually, "This is the Leng Yan I know, I support you." My queen. "

"How can I support it?" Leng Yan did not mind his actions as she turned her head to the side and smiled sweetly.

Liu Suifeng immediately covered his face with his fingers and cried out, "Don't you dare smile at me! Don't let your looks lead you everywhere!" Then, he continued in an incomparably serious manner: "Don't worry, during the convention, Helian Xue will definitely win."

"Could it be that you can cheat?" Leng Yan asked.

"Why do you have to say that it's so unpleasant to cheat? This is called friendship helping." Liu Suifeng shrugged and said very innocently.

Leng Yan looked at his smiling face, his slender eyes, and suddenly remembered that she had not seen Liu Suifeng.

At that time, she wanted to hold a general meeting for the betrothal ceremony. Considering that the capital was about to be filled with all sorts of people, there were naturally many who wanted to fish in troubled water and covet Ice Country's inherited treasure, the Star Ocean Stone. Thus, she sent a letter to Liu Yuan, requesting him to send someone who knew how to set up a formation for the Meteor Stone.

Liu Yuan replied that the people he sent were on their way.

At the time, she didn't know that Liu Suifeng had come in person, she only thought that it was a little soldier from the Flowing Garden. She was just about to lead the crowd to welcome him, but when she reached the entrance of the city, she saw only an old horse that was grazing by itself. There was no one beside him.

Leng Yan looked around in surprise for a while before raising her head. She discovered a man leisurely lying on a tree next to the city gate with an unclothed person. His eyes were closed, and he was carving an idle grass in his mouth.

Leng Yan asked probingly, "Excuse me, are you an Emissary?"

The man on top looked down at her, then grinned, showing his white teeth, the grass still in his mouth, and jumped down, landing lightly and smoothly in front of Leng Yan.

"I've seen the most beautiful queen." He bowed, bent over, and quickly took her hand, then cautiously. He touched the back of her hand with his lips.

Leng Yangang had just furrowed her brows, and Liu Suifeng had already completed his action. She stood up and smiled: "This is our Flowing Garden's greeting etiquette — of course, it's limited to beauties."

Leng Yan restrained herself before asking in a good manner, "You are the Emissary?"

"Going against the wind." he answered flatly.

The story of Liu Zifeng guarding the Flowing Wind Garden alone and intimidating a hundred thousand strong enemies had long since been spread to everyone. Although everyone knew that Liu Zifeng was young, they didn't expect him to be that young.

His tall and slender figure was wrapped in an ordinary robe, his chest was open, revealing his beautiful collarbone and honey-colored skin. His hair was a little messy, but his facial features were very pleasant to look at, his eyes were long and slender, his spirit was in high spirits, as if he wanted to insert himself into her hair. This was a face that was handsome to the point where it was evil, with an indifferent face, but also so sharp and fierce.

"I'm so tired, I have to travel again, and I have to take care of Brother Ma." Liu Zifeng was quite the hero. Seeing that Leng Yan did not say anything, he sighed emotionally and took the kettle from the person behind Leng Yan, raised his head and drank a mouthful, and finished it in one gulp.

The man stared blankly at his empty hand. He couldn't figure out what method he had used to take the kettle away from him.

His movements were clearly very slow, but they were impossible to guard against.